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Board : TCA Anant  Background : IRTS, IPS, B.TECh IT, Mumbai , Economics Optional Chairperson Asked to remove mask and be comfortable.  Where you are posted now? How many months you have done training? Do assessment of IRMS There are multiple institute of Railways what to do with multiple training institute of Railways? How should be training of IRMS? Member 1 : Madam  Are you comfortable talking about China? What is happening in xinjiang province? Why China is doing so?  Asked some theory from IR I said I don't know. If I say corruption is good for the economy what you will say?  How?  Have you heard Jugad? What is your opinion? Why India is lagging in innovation?  Member 2 : What is happening between Pakistan and Taliban ? Is there any other reason? Because of which group it is happening? What is difference between TTP and Taliban? Deflation is not good for economy why? (My optional is economics) And Why small inflation is good? What should be ideal ...

Date and session of interview-6th April, Afternoon Board-TCA Anant Sir Optional-Psychology College-IIT Roorkee Profession (if any)- Nope Hobbies- didnt write any. Chairman : (very friendly and smiling) Q1) What have you been doing since graduation? Q2) What was your project that won competition? (DAF) Q3) What is CERN? What work do they do there? (DAF) Q4) What did you observe at CERN? (DAF) Q5) Compare research at CERN with that at IIT Roorkee. (DAF) Member Questions: (all were smiling, patient listeners) Q) What FTA India has signed this year? Q) Why bilateral FTA instead of WTO agreements? Q) What is benefit of FTA? How it will benefit service sector? Q) What motivated you to civil services instead of research? Q) How Technology is leading to unemployment? Q) Historical significance of Meerut. Lady member totally focussed on Meerut and asked many follow ups. (DAF) Q) Benefits of PPP model? Q) And cons of PPP? Q) If there is a tract of forest land and a road has to be built cutting ...

Date - 22nd April Background - Chartered Accountant Hobby - Playing cricket and watching football State - Maharashtra Board - TCA Anant Chairman - asked me to remove mask and be comfortable  1.  Your hobby is watching football? Do you play football? Why not? 2. You play cricket? Batsman or bowler? Which position you bat? Spinner or pacer? 3. Why cricket is more commercialised than football? Even before IPL cricket was more commercialised? Reasons? Member 1: 1. War on terrorism? 2. Uyighur muslims? China's policy? Why? 3. Heard of Xinjiang? What imp. does Xingiang hold to China? 4. Sri lankan protest...Political crisis because of economic crisis or economic crisis bcoz of political crisis? 5. Why Sri Lanka has presidential system as compared to Indias parliamentary system? 6. Whther India can adopt Presidential system? 7. Maldives 'India Out' campaign? Why? Current govt's policy towards India? 8. China out policy in which country? Member 2 :  1. Since you are from comme...

Date - 20/4/22 Optional - law Work experience - with an MP for a year Hobbies - running, Hindi poetry writing, light music, mooting Afternoon session Board - TCA Anant Sir Chairman : 1. Had experience of working with Parliament, asked about my experience. 2. My learnings from above. 3. Asked if private member bills can be named after people just as in US. 4. Utility of the above move. Member 1: 1. Let's talk about interface of law and technology, elaborated a bit of this and then asked about what would be issues in automated vehicles vis a vis law. 2. Stated some private member bill from the US and asked if I knew about it. 3. Asked about NEP. 4. NEP in higher education. 5. Why legal education not in NEP. Member 2: 1. AI and legal issues in it in future. 2. What are issues in AI and judiciary (didn't let me answer it by referring to previous question) 3. Define what is a war criminal and if Mr. Putin would qualify as a war criminal 4. What are important things for writing a poe...

Date 12th April, 2022 Afternoon Session Board - TCA Anant Sir Public Administration  Sports - Badminton Hobbies - Learning about Smartphones, Journaling Graduation - Civil Engineering Time 25-30 Minutes Experience - Board was Cordial, Lively and Members seem genuinely interested. No Face Shield. Entered the Cabin.  Chairman - Greeted, Asked to Sit. Asked to remove the Mask to get comfortable. Started Reading the DAF, Hometown, Graduation, College etc,  1. Asked about What is “Learning About Smartphones”? 2. We all use smartphones, What is that you do differently? 3. Analyze the Current Smartphone Market in India? 4. Suggest me a Phone. 5. If Not Apple, What Options do we have? 6. If Not Samsung, What else? 7. For Google Phones, There was some issue with a recent model, can you Highlight that?  8. Should I still buy the older model of Google Or Import New? 9. What is the review of Chinese Companies like One Plus, Xiaomi ? Member 1 : 1. You seem Technologist, What are...

Date and session of interview- 6 apr, 9AM session Board- TCA Anant sir Optional-Anthropology College- HBTU, Kanpur (Edible Oil Technology) Profession (if any)- 1 year edible oil industry, data analytics freelance Hobbies- singing, watching football and tennis, meditation Your experience in interview- Last in the board and shift to be interviewed Time 27-28 min Entry: Cordial exchange of greetings, told to remove shield and mask Given wheel wali chair so it was not a good start as the chair moved as I was sitting Chairman :  Reading my DAF, no introduction asked Directly jumping to my graduation  Q1- What exactly was your engineering branch? Q2- What does an edible oil engineer do? Q3- Which oil is a good oil? Q4- What are types of refining? Q5- Is kacchi ghani a physically refined oil or just marketing? Q6- What is famous about Varanasi (hometown)? Name some of them. Q7- Is Olive oil the best edible oil? Member 1:  Mam was extremely cordial and always maintained eye -cont...

5th April, Afternoon session Board: Dr. TCA Anant  Optional: PSIR College: Miranda House, University of Delhi Hobbies: Madhubani Painting, reflective writing Chairperson: Dr. TCA Anant  ● You did your summer school on Global Health from the University of Sussex ○ Yes Sir ● When was this? ○ Sir, 2016 ● So you were in your second year then? ○ Sir, I was transitioning from second to third year. ● Okay so tell me about the summer school ○ Sir it was a one month residential programme with seminars, interactive classes and term end essay paper. ● What were your primary learnings from the course ○ Sir firstly that primary and local health care centres need to be the most robust link in global health ○ Secondly Sir there has to be a chain of communication between the primary health care centres and the apex health organisation which is WHO. ● Okay, and with COVID, in the last two years how do you assess the global response ○ Sir when I was at Sussex the case study we had was of the SA...